Virgil Cazacu

Virgil Cazacu (born September 1, 1927 in Zorleni , Vaslui district ) is a former Romanian politician of the Romanian Communist Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) and from 1965 PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who was among other things ambassador to the Socialist between 1974 and 1978 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , from 1978 to 1989 member of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee (CC) of the PCR and from 1978 to 1982 member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the PCR. In addition, between 1978 and 1979 he also held the position of Vice-Prime Minister.

Life

Machinist, party official in Bucharest and MP

After attending five-year primary school, Cazacu began training as a machinist in 1940 and worked in this profession from 1944 to 1949 after it had finished. He first became a member of the trade union in 1944 and, in 1945, the Union of Communist Youth UTC (Uniunea Tineretului Comunist) , the party's youth association. In addition to his professional activity, he attended evening school from 1945 to 1949 and was at times a member of the left-wing farmers' party Front der Pflüger (Frontul Plugarilor) led by Petru Groza , before he joined the then Communist Party PCR (Partidul Comunist din România) as a member in December 1947 . In the following years he worked as an activist in the union and the UTC and most recently in 1949 a member of the organization office of the basic organization in the army arsenal of Bucharest and a sub-commission for the review of party members.

Cazacu then worked in the Dinamo electrical machine factory in Bucharest, initially as a technical controller from 1949 to 1950, then as section head, and from 1951 to May 1952 as deputy head of the research department and secretary of the party committee. He also completed evening courses in mathematics and physics between 1949 and 1954 and was also a candidate for the București-Gheorghe-Gheorghiu-Dej party committee from May 1952 to May 1953, a district of Bucharest named after the then First Secretary of the PMR Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej . At the same time, between May 1952 and May 1953, he was also the deputy head of the department of leadership of the party, trade unions and UTM in the Bucharest City Party Committee.

Cazacu, who also graduated from the Party School " Stefan Gheorghiu " was, was from March 1953 to October 1956, first secretary of the Party committee of the Bucharest district Griviţa Roşie and then from October 1956 to January 8, 1959 First Secretary of the Party Committee in the after Josef Stalin named Bucharest district IV Stalin and at the same time a member of the office of the Bucharest City Party Committee.

On January 8, 1959, Cazacu moved to the central party administration and was first deputy and then first deputy head of the Central Committee's department for propaganda and agitation. He was elected candidate for the Central Committee of the PMR at the eighth party congress of the PMR from June 20 to 26, 1960. In 1961 he became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) for the first time , where he represented the Dorohoi constituency until 1965 , then the Paşcani constituency and from 1969 to 1975 the Bucharest constituency No. 12 Parcul Tineretului . During his parliamentary membership he was a member of the Romanian group in the Interparliamentary Union since March 19, 1965 .

First secretary in the Iasi district, member of the Central Committee and ambassador to Yugoslavia

After he was First Secretary of the Party Committee in Iași County between July 1961 and December 27, 1965 , he served as Chairman of the Committee for Radio and Television (Comitetului de Radiodifuziune și Televiziune) at the Council of Ministers from January 20, 1966 to March 8, 1968 the Socialist Republic of Romania. At the ninth party congress of the PCR from July 19 to 24, 1965, he became a member of the PCR Central Committee and was a member of it until November 24, 1989.

Cazacu was from March 1968 to July 15, 1971 Secretary for Organization of the Bucharest City Party Committee and then from June 4, 1971 to August 20, 1974 First Vice Minister for Education and at the same time since February 27, 1974 a member of the National Council of the Radioteleviziunii broadcasting company Române .

On November 20, 1974, he assumed the role of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and held this diplomatic post until March 7, 1978.

Vice Prime Minister and Central Committee Secretary

On March 7, 1978 Cazacu became Vice Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Manea Mănescu and was this until February 1, 1979.

On March 7, 1978 he also became a member of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the PCR and was also a member of this top management body of the party until November 24, 1989. From March 7, 1978 to October 8, 1982, he also served as a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the PCR. As the Central Committee secretary, he was initially responsible for propaganda between March 7, 1978 and January 1979, and then for international affairs from January 1979 to August 11, 1982.

Furthermore, since October 31, 1978 he was also a member of the executive office of the National Council of the Socialist United Front FUS (Frontul Unității Socialiste) , which was responsible, among other things, for drawing up the lists of candidates for the parliamentary elections. In addition, he was since June 14, 1979 President of the Management Council of the news and press agency AGERPRES (Agenția Națională de Presă) , since March 27, 1980 Vice-President of the Office of the Commission for Questions of Economic Cooperation and International Relations with Parties at the Central Committee PCR and at the same time until August 9, 1982 head of the Central Committee Department for International Relations and International Economic Cooperation.

In 1980 Cazacu was again a member of the Grand National Assembly and in this only represented the constituency of Cehu Silvaniei and then from 1985 to 1989 the constituency no. 8 of Câmpina . While he was a member of Parliament, he had been a member of the Defense Committee since April 1, 1985.

After completing his work as Central Committee secretary, Cazacu became first secretary of the party committee and president of the executive committee of the People's Council in Prahova County , the most populous district in Romania after the capital city of Bucharest (Municipiul Bucureşti) on August 11, 1982 . He held this position until November 27, 1987 and was last from January 1988 to 1989 Vice President of the Central Union of Craftsmen's Cooperatives UCECOM (Uniuniea Centrală a Cooperativelor Meşteşugăreşti) .

honors and awards

Cazacu has received several awards for his many years of service, including the Order of Third Class Labor (Ordinul Muncii) in 1957, the First Class Labor Order in 1962, the Third Class Star of the People's Republic of Romania in 1964 (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Populare Române) , and in 1966 Order Tudor Vladimirescu Third Class (Ordinul Tudor Vladimirescu) , 1971 the Order 23 August Second Class (Ordinul 23 August) , 1981 and again in 1984 the Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania Second Class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România) .

Web links

• Biography in Consiliul Național pentru Studiera Arhivelor Securității. Membrii CC al PCR 1945-1989. Dicționar , pp. 130-131